Pocho
By: None , José Antonio Villarreal
3.81
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United State…
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1. Congo
By: Michael Crichton
3.62
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition o… read more
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- fiction
"No one escapes from life alive."-Michael Crichton, Congo
"It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important."-Michael Crichton, Congo
"His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure."-Michael Crichton, Congo
"The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch wi…"-Michael Crichton, Congo
2. Jude the Obscure
By: Thomas Hardy
3.83
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy … read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Always wanting another man than your own."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"But no one came. Because no one ever does."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"Love has its own dark morality when rivalry enters in."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"We ought to have lived in mental communion, and no more."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
3. The Mixquiahuala Letters
By: Ana Castillo
0.00
Format: 798 pages, Paperback
Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women--Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, … read more
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- literature
- fiction
- read for school
4. The House on Mango Street
By: Sandra Cisneros
3.31
Format: None pages,
Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schoo… read more
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- coming of age
- fiction
- classics
- young adult
5. The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
By: Hunter S. Thompson , Robin Desser , Oscar Zeta Acosta
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a R… read more
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- literature
6. Bless Me, Ultima
By: Rudolfo Anaya
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima enters his life. She is a curandera, one who heals with … read more
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- fiction
- classics
- young adult
- historical fiction
7. Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
By: Richard Rodríguez
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hunger of Memoryis the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sac… read more
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8. The Piano Teacher
By: Joachim Neugroschel , Elfriede Jelinek
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
The Piano Teacher,the most famous novel of Elfriede Jelinek, who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize i… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
9. Woodcutters
By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
This controversial portrayal of Viennese artistic circles begins as the writer-narrator arrives at … read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
10. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa , Sonia Saldívar-Hull
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Anzaldua, a Chicana native of Texas, explores in prose and poetry the murky, precarious existence o… read more
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"I preferred the world of imagination to the death of sleep"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is. And will be again."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
11. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.67
Format: None pages, ebook
A dazzling novel that captures all of the romance, glamour, and tragedy of the first flapper, Zelda… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
12. Pocho
By: None , José Antonio Villarreal
3.81
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United State… read more
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- classics
- literature
- coming of age
- young adult
- read for school
- fiction
- historical fiction
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14. No-No Boy
By: John Okada
4.33
Format: 242 pages,
John Okada was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. He attended the University of Washington and Co… read more
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15. The Devil's Highway: A True Story
By: Luis Alberto Urrea
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The author of "Across the Wire" offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, i… read more
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16. Zoot Suit and Other Plays
By: Luis Valdez
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Here are three of playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez's most important and recognized plays: Zo… read more
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17. Coming Through Slaughter
By: Michael Ondaatje
3.54
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
At the turn of the century, the Storyville district of New Orleans had some 2,000 prostitutes, 70 p… read more
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18. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard , None
3.48
Format: None pages,
Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more
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19. Babbitt
By: Sinclair Lewis
4.19
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond… read more
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20. Housekeeping
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.94
Format: 450 pages,
A modern classic, Housekeepingis the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up hap… read more
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21. Reservation Blues
By: Sherman Alexie
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
The life of Spokane Indian Thomas Builds-the-Fire irrevocably changes when blues legend Robert John… read more
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22. So Far from God
By: Ana Castillo
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Sofia and her fated daughters, Fe, Esperanza, Caridad, and la Loca, endure hardship and enjoy love … read more
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23. The Rain God
By: None
3.21
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
Already a Southwestern classic as beautiful, subtle and profound as the desert itself, Arturo Islas… read more
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24. The President
By: Miguel Ángel Asturias , Frances Partridge
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Guatemalan diplomat and writer Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) began this award-winning work whil… read more
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25. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
By: Julia Alvarez
3.63
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Uprooted from their family home in the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters - Carla, Sandra,… read more
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27. ... y no se lo tragó la tierra ... and the Earth Did Not Devour Him
By: None , Tomás Rivera
3.94
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Tomas Rivera's original Spanish-language novel plus a new translation into English by Evangelina Vi… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
- read for school
"I recall that one time he told the people to read the poems out loud because the spoken word was the seed of love in the darkness."-None, ... y no se lo tragó la tierra ... and the Earth Did Not Devour Him
28. Loteria
By: Cynthia Pelayo
3.46
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The Mexican board game of Lotería is a game of chance. It is similar to our American bingo. However… read more
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- fiction
29. Too Soon for Adiós
By: Annette Chavez Macias
4.26
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
From author Annette Chavez Macias comes a heartfelt novel about a woman who embarks on an emotional… read more
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30. After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America
By: Jessica Goudeau
4.58
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Simply brilliant, both in its granular storytelling and its enormous compassion --The New York Time… read more
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31. Museum of the Americas (Penguin Poets)
By: J. Michael Martinez
3.87
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The poems in J. Michael Martinez’s third collection of poetry circle around how the perceived body … read more
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